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Senators Blank Giants 4 To O As F.R. Watches Game vim thiimttg (Pfasiwr La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" Only Newspaper , Printed in La Grande Covering Union and ' . Wallowa Counties . VOLUME 32 EASTERN .OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1933 MEM11ER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 26 irrmw ID) 4 KBUJtCED 1111 Ji ID) mm (G MET fit : f ... 193 $2775 LESS TAXES WILL BE REQUIRED City Committee Approves Budget at Meeting Held Last Night PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR OCT. 27 Several Changes in Bud get, Including Placing of Water Department on "Own Feet." The 1934 city budget, effective Dec. 1 this year, was approved at a meet ing of the budget committee Inst night following the city commission meeting. In brief, the new budget calls for $123,865 to be raised by tax ation compared with S12(I,(S40 this year, or a reduction In taxation of $2775.00. The budget hearing was sot for Oct. 27 and if no changes are made at that time, the budget will take effect as it now stands. The budget is somewhat different this year because of the change In the water department status. Under the new plan, put Into effect a few months ago, water receipts pay all ex penses of the water department, in cluding general obligations bonds and Interest. Water receipts are estim ated at $40,000 and .expenses as fol lows: superintendent $1620, , steno grapher and clerk $1080, meter reader $1320, caretaker at Intake $1080, labor (at 60 cents an hour) estimated at $3000, gas, oil, maintenance (trucks) $1500, bonds (principal), $10,000, bonds (interest) $9000, supplies, new pipe $8900. power $2500, total $40,000. The remainder of the budget calls for $129,245 expenditures, estimated to be paid for as follows: fines $100, licenses $3,200, miscellaneous $300, franchise (telephone) $1,680, permits $100, and taxes $123,865.00. The general budget total is $115, 545 and the special tax is $13,700, making the $129,246. During the budget meeting It was revealed by City Manager Angus Mc Allister that the E. O. L. & P. Co. has offered the city a 25 per cent reduction In power charges if a five year contract Is signed. No contract (Continued on Page Seven) City Dads Hold Executive Meet; Two Bonds Paid The city commission, meeting last night, except for the budget (meeting which followed, wna largely taken up with routine matters. Salary warrants for the month of September, in the amount of $4085.33 were allowed. The city manager's report showed $2000 in Improvement bonds retired during (the week. Cosh on hand amounted to $0627.01, divided as fol lows : First National bank of La Grande $2165.33, Portland bank $96. 27, cash $1059.20, remainder In war rants. It was reported that Water Supt. Horace Kn&pp covered the Beaver Creek pipeline from Whiskey Cre?k saddle to the top of the mountain west of La Grande and repaired sev eral bad leaks In the line. TWO CARS IN ACCIDENT HERE Cars driven by H. E. Dixon and Arlo Twldwell collided at Island ave nue and Portland street about 6 o'clock -last evening. No one was hurt and the damage to both cars was slight. UNION CO. s j FOR HALF With Oot. 8 to 14. inclusive, pro. claimed by Governor Meier as fire prevention wgek in Oregon, to coin cide with President Roosevelt's na tional fire prevention week, it is in teresting to check over Union coun ty's fire record for the first half of 1011. Figures obtained from the state fire marshal's department reveal that there were 31 fires In this county during the period from Jan. 1 to June 30. 1933. A total of V24S.973 worth of prop erty was at risTE. and the insurance at rUfcwas 177.600. The actual loss was M9.968, or 11.98 per cent of the total valu Insurance paid was $26, 544. leaving a net loss to property owners of only 44I4, a better than WILL ROGERS Mr. Roosevelt's relorestratlon pro gram will pay for Itself If they do nothing but teach young men what out here will be a lesson to politic ians aS TO W1IU 'IAJ JUV lu mmwbv V men. Young Bill Strlbllng, the prize fighter, I have known htm and his family for years. Gee, he was a lino young man, a credit to any profes sion. The savior of Austria, a little fol low standing three feet six, on stilts, and a nation Is saved by physique. xouro. MERCURY 87 ABOVE HERE WEDNESDAY Warmest October Day Here Since the Armis tice Was Signed. When the mercury soared to 87 above In La Grande yesterday after noon, people of this community were enjoying the warmest October day since before the Armistice was sign ed. - The last time that 87 above has been registered here In October was In 1918, on October 14. That fall, with the flu, raging over the .valley, will bo remembered, vividly .by many youngsters who were out of school, most of whloh wore closed, down. On Oct. 20, 1921 the mercury reached 86 above, and several times during the last 15 years It went up to 85 above. The weather forecast for today in dicated another above 80 mark. Tho minimum this morning was 41 above and the sky remained dear. Other western cities reported rec- (Contlnuea on Page Eight) PARALYSIS CASE IN THIS COUNTY The first case of Infantile paralysis reported In Union county In recent years occurred at Cove the other day, according to a report by the city county health physicians. H. C. Muir, of Cove, Is ill of the disease but is expected to recover. Health authorities regard this case as not of an alarming nature, and point out that occasional cases occur throughout the state. They have no reason to feel that any epidemic of the disease Is likely to occur. One other Infantile paralysis case was reported in the state in Gil liam county. ELGIN MAN HURT QUITE SERIOUSLY ELGIN, Oro. (Special) Dwight Barnes, who has bcon recovering from a dislocated hip which required his being in the Grande Ronde hospital at La Orande for several weeks, was seriously injured here when .his car struck a rut in the road, throwing him against the steering wheel. With tooth injuries and, Mr. Barnes' advanced age. he is In a very serious condition. Ho is at his homo at present. FIRE LOSS YEAR LOW average record. While Union county fires resulted in only 11.98 per cent loss of the total value (part of this covered by Insurance), other counties in Eastern Oregon showed the following per cent loss of the total value of property at risk: Baker 12.36, Umatilla 27.56, Wal lowa 72.95. Wallowa county's total fires amounted to 14. property at risk 30. 011, actual loss $21,894. amount of Insurance (29.100, Insurance paid (20. 450. Fire loss for the state was (1.216. 487, of which (1.047.828 losses were paid. Number of deaths resulting from fires were seven, and 91 injuries. Directors I I s,wswsi Above ii Dr. George Rebec, who becomes dean and director of graduate work for tho state syi tern of higher education. Below is Dr. W. Wenigor, who will rep resent Dean Rebec on the state college campus. COVE MAN TAKES POISON BUT WILL RECOVER, REPORT COVE, Ore. (Special) Melvln Hun dall, who nearly died Wednesday from poison he took by mistake Tues day evening, was apparently on the road to recovery this morning. Rundall, 31-year-old carpenter who (Continued On Pago Five) COUNTY COURT ALLOWS BILLS The county court spent the morn ing of the second day of the October session allowing bills and expected to get to the docket this" afternoon. The county court is in regular session In the office of County Judge U. O. Couch at the court house. EVERYTHING &AA BAA BSnilll TOMBS HZ$SiR!Y$SM! VJ M?SrM&ff HAVAXA9 THREE BAGS fWtlf M twWSSWi ANY WOOL? owe For the yASTee Eg P MRS. GREISEL ROBBED NEAR KAMELA, ORE. Holdup Man Takes Purse Containing $10 From La Grande Woman DESCRIBES MAN TO AUTHORITIES Was About 35 Years of Age, Medium Height, Wearing Shirt With Green Cuffs. Mrs. Henry arelscl, of La Grande, while at Kamcla early this morning in company with another woman, whose name was not given to the police, was held up and robbed of about (10 cash. - 1 A man, described as about 35 yoara of age, height five feet eight inches. wearing a light gray suit and light tan hat, a shirt with green cuffs, and his face clean shaven, held them up with a gun and took a handbag from Mrs. Grelsel. The handbag, sew ed with leather string, contained (10 (Continued On Page Four) G.I. Wade, Local Pioneer, Passes In Caldwell, Ida. O. I. Wade, 62, former prominent valley farmer and a pioneer of thls section, died suddenly this morning in.' Caldwell, Marom . a heart at tack. Mr. and Mrs. Wade havo been in Caldwell since last spring, making their home with their daughter, Mrs. Wllma Callahan. Mrs. Wade, his widow, has been (Continued on Page Five? Heap Big Indians! They Should Blush CHEROKEE, N. C. Oct. 6 (fP) The Cherokee warriors wore sleep lsh grins today. In tho archery contests at the annual Cherokee fair yesterday a rteam composed of Indian girls won the matches, out scoring their nearest rivals, a team of men, by 100 points. IS BEING REVISED i'Twas Dirty Game-But He Won l . 1 . '. It's dirty, but fair the gunnysack brawl at Los Angeles Junior College. Jean MUUken, fair coed, keeps a bit nloof from Eddie Epstein, tho mud-covered captain of the victorious Alpha team. When not in mud brawls, Eddie's a blonde. NATIONAL GUARD CALLED OUT TO 1 MINE FIGHT AREA HARRISBURO, 111., Oct; 6 (IV) National guard troops were ordered Into Saline county this morning by lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Davis AkiSt plckotlng miners along a 15 mile front ihad 'been accused toy of ficials of Peabody mine No, 43 of wounding a score or more persons. Davis issued his order fto four com panies and said he expected 299 sol diers to move into tho county later. Officials of the mine said that at least three persons -were seriously wounded by the Incessant firing or the picketers, and appealed for medi cal attention. However, local authori ties said they had been unable to get anyone to bravo the bullets and go to the rescue, one ambulance operator having flatly refused to take the risk. Meanwhile, power lines leading into the mine wdro cut by the picketers and a Big Four railroad bridge about an eighth of a mile from the mine property was blown up. Chief of Police Slow of Eldorado, home of Nip Evans, leader of ithe county organization of tho Pr ogres - (Continued on Page Soven) THESE DAYS ' ... . RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA IS OPPOSED AmericftT).,liepfion, Acts at Convention Today; Marl boro Wins Dram Title OIIICAflO, Oct. 8 m Edward A. Hayes of Decatur, HI., today wns elected uatlonnl commander or the American Legion. CIIICAOO, Oct. S(I1 With loud cheers, the American Legion's nation al convention today went on record as opposing the diplomatic n-coRiiL-tlon of Soviet Itussla and calling for deportation of all communist aliens. A strengthening of tho country's dofonso was recommended for adop tion by the American Legion. Tho recommendation was mado in a committee report wJUoii suggested not only that tho army bo brought up to its full strength of 14,000 offi cers and 150,000 men, but that Am erica's navy bo built up to, tho limits (Continued on Page Two) OPEN BIDS TODAY ON TEN PROJECTS PORTTiAND, Oct. 6 (T) Bids on ton projects, ranging from $004,401 to $840,923 wero opened by tho B-ate highway 'commission today Just be fore the three commissioners went Into executive conference with Gov ernor Julius h. Molor and tho federal r-toito advisory board in the second uf a series of sessions In an effort to obtain 916,000,000 more road money for Oregon. Tho conference, started at Satem yesterday in which It was dccldid to esk for more funds. Including ?5, 000.000 for a short cut from Portl'and to the sea. and tho remainder to be oxpended on major projects In other parts of Oregon, was expected to ter minate prior to the afternoon sched uled meotlnR of the commission. At the same time representatives of the county court wero In nesfllon in Portland and adopted two major (Continued on Pa ire Pour) Wheat Today The price or lornl fJish wheat, ftf hmI tunny at iiltout rl cenlH hulk, Fir-ronllHg to ((iiolatliMiH at he IMrmeer 1'lotirliiR Mills. Port land cnli wheat 07 cents. CIIICAOO. Oct. 5 (A) Maximum foi backs of almost two cents a biwhe! In wheat took place today, largely owing to a liquidating movement which disclosed dearth of aggressive buying. Scattered demand developed later as a consecnience of relatlvo strength nf the Winnipeg market, where cash Wheat closed weak, 11o un tasts. wheat was quoted as above a delivery der yesterday's finish, corn 1w2V4c down, oats lftlc off, and pro vision varying from 20c decline to a rlo of 7 cents, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME PENDLETON HANK OPENS LONG I1KACII FEELS QUAKE .. HITS FKEKDOM OF 1'ltESS THE 1JKAR IN DISTRESS? PENDLETON, Ore., Oot. 5 W) City officials and residents of the wheat country here today extended a re ception to the Pendleton branch of I ho First National Hank of Portland; which formally opened here this morning. ..The branch opened In the building formerly occupied by the hirst inland Minimal bank which closed a year ago. . LONG BEACH, Cal., Oct. 5 VP) Long Buucli was shaken by a minor earth tremor at 12:40 p. m. today. The quako had an up-and-down and a rolling movement. It lasted an estimated flvo seconds. No damage was reported. ... HKItLIN, Oct. 5 (fF) The (.ernuin government Ntruck u death blow at the frHNloin'of the press twlny In laws declaring JournullHts public offltlulM ami iwtnhllHlihig the supremo penalty ror Herman nevsmper men who send trvaxonublo literature abroad or at tempt to Introduce such writings In to Uielr own country. CAPE FEAR COAST GUARD STA TION, N. C. Oct. S UPIA shir. h- lleved to be the Bear, Admiral Rlch- nra e. uyra's polar expedition vessel, which earlier had been reported in dlstrenn. una nltrlitjiri . miles out at sea today. Coast guards men wia tne vessel was proceeding under Its own nower and anvn nn sign of distress. INVESTIGATION OF FATAL BRUSH LOS' ANOEliES, Oct, 5 VP) Per sons responsible for the disastrous Griffith park brush fire which cost S7 known lives, and for ordering la borers Into tho fire-trap canyon wore sought in a throe-fold Investigation today. With a promise that criminal prose cution will follow any evidence of negligence, Dlstrlot Attorney Buron Pitts assigned a doputy to attend th coroner's Inquest. At rthis hearing, tentatively sot for next Wednesday morning, a Jury composed of flro ex perts, engineers and foresters, will hear evldenoo gathered toy city, coun ty and state investigators. Coroner Prank Nance said today the exact death toll of the fire in the ibox-liko Mineral Wells canyon may never bo known. The latest re port placed tho missing at 02, but many of theso woro 'believed to ibo In hospitals or hod failed to make their safety known to authorities. A growsome Ibox full of bones, which may havo been from human bodies, was brought from ithe flre swopt area last night to tho morgue. Howovof Nanco declared thoao will not bo regarded as sufficient evidence of additional deatlis unless other ma jor portions of skeletons are uncov ered. Police said Robert D. Barr, 20, an unemployed motion picture projec tionist who was arreatcd for suspicion of arson, did not cause the fatal blatse although thoy said ho admitted etart- (Contlnued on Pago Five) PECORA ENTERS NEW YORK RACE WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 ) Ferd inand Pccora, counsel for the senate banking committee, decided todny to run for district attorney of New York county on the ticket with Joseph V. McKee, Independent candidate for mayor. ADVERTISEMENT FOR! S 3 t . I ' HARD LIQUOR PRINTED NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (IP) Tho first advertisement since prohibition ad dressed to tho public by a liquor dealer,' listing famous brands and quoting prices, appeared in newspa pers In (this city today. The advertisement, occupying a fill! page and headed "for delivery prom ptly If and when repeal comes," quot ed Block and White Scotch whiskey, Johnny Walker, and Halg and HAlg at $26 a case of 13 bottles, plus C14.77 a cose for Import duties and federal taxes. House of Lords gin will be sold at $20 a case, with a similar tax. Martcll 3-8tar cognac Is quoted at $3B a case, with the same tax. All the standby of prc-prohlblllon WHITEHILLS PITCHING IS BIG FEATURE Washington Hurler Turns Back New York Na- . tionals Scoreless. . GAME PLAYED IN ' SENATORS' PARK Thirty Thousand, Includ ing ; the President, . Watch American League Team Win. -J OIIII'FITH STADIUM, Washington, Oct. It VP) Lefty Earl WhltehJU put Washington back Into the world ser les today as lie shutout the Giants, 4 to 0, in trie third game with the . Kenatortf big bats ringing loudly for tho first time. President Koosevelt was among the crowd of about 30, 000 that saw the Senators win for tho first time In three games, FIRST INNING: GIANTS . -. Moore lifted a short fly that Gos Un caught. . ; ' Grits bounced to Bluege and was thrown out at first. - ;j Terry nit the first boll pitched to Myer and was an easy putout at first. ' . . '..... No runs, no nits, no errors, none loft. -i . ' FIRST rKNINGI SENATORS I Myer poked a single through thai infield to lef. ' j Goslln bit 'the first ball pitched) against the zlghtfleld fence for a two bagger. . . .'.. , . . -" v ; Manuan filed, out to Ryan, la short left field. , . ..: td-onlti boutiocd toy Fltzslmmons who model, the putout at first base wlille Myer scored and Goslin went to third. .- . Goslln scored on Schulto's hit to right which went for two bases when the Senator, outfielder .beat Ott's tnrow to Ryan on a close, play. ' Kuhel bounced to,. Jackson and Sohulte was run down between sec ond and third .base, Jackson ito Crltz.- Two runs, three hits, no errors, one left. ' . SECOND INNING: GIANTS Ott drovo the first (ball pitched to deep leftfleld where Manush made a sensational running catch, - Davis cracked a slnglo past Bluege. Jackson walked. Mancuso nit to Crontn. and the Senators engineered a double play that ended ithe Inning, ' Oronln to Myer to Kuhel,1 No runs, one bit, no errors, one left. . (Continued From Page Four) 39 Winter C.C.C. Camps Allotted To This State PORTLAND, Oct. 6 (JP) Announce ment that 30 'Winter O. O. O, camps have been authorized for Oregon .was made hero Wednesday 4y Robert Pechnor, director of tho civilian con servation work. The number of Oregon's camps will thus bo reduced from 64 to 30, and tho number of roorults from 12,800 to 7.800. , Douglas county will havo 7 camps, tho largest allotment to any county, Lane will have 0, Coos 6, Curry 3, Josephine 3, Jackson 4, Linn 1, Mar lon 1, and Multnomah 1, Many of tho summer camps, in cluding most of those In the high, mountains and all camps In Eastern, Oregon are being abandoned for the winter. Of the 30 to be operated, throughout the winter, many will bo completely new oamps. All summer camps to be utilized during tho win ter will be mado Into suitable winter quarters by tho army. days appear In tho advertisement-. sloe-gin, Itquer-cordlal, Genova gin champagne, brandy-cgg tonic, and the best known American and Cana dian brands of ryo and bourbon. - Sixteen year old American whiskey Is priced at $68 for a case of 13 quarts, with a tax of only $3.30 oe cause It Is a native product. i The advertisement stresses the fact that the taxes quoted are "present" taxes, Implying that there may be Increases when repeal becomes effec tive. I Coincident with tho announcement,7 500 cases of 3 -Star Hennessy arrived (Continued on Tngo Revon)
